38 m. ago Starmer aid cuts ‘threaten UK’s reputation and credibility’ abroad, Foreign Office admits

Exclusive: A government consultation found concerns about the UK’s credibility abroad after Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts

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50 m. ago Football fans chanting against Keir Starmer should be a wake

Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin

Sport

2 h. ago Badenoch says organisations should be able to decide if staff can wear burkas

Kemi Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings.

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2 h. ago Peter Kyle says England fans calling Keir Starmer a c*** was ‘in the spirit of the game’

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle brushed off a new football chant where England fans reportedly called Keir Starmer a c*** during the World Cup qualifier against Andorra on Saturday (7 June).

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3 h. ago Molly Russell’s father urges PM to act over online harms as ‘app cap’ considered

Ian Russell told Sir Keir Starmer to ‘act decisively’ in toughening legislation to protect young people online.

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6 h. ago White House urges Keir Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London amid national security fears

‘The Chinese Communist Party has a clear track record of targeting critical infrastructure’, Trump administration warns

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8 h. ago Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon | Simon Tisdall

The UK’s strategic defence review risks normalising nuclear warfare. Don’t believe the PR hype: these weapons are immoral, irrational and catastrophicPlans by Keir Starmer’s government to modernise and potentially expand Britain’s nuclear weapons arsenal, unveiled in the 2025 strategic defence review (SDR), seriously undermine international non-proliferation efforts. They will fuel a global nuclear arms race led by the US, China and Russia. And they increase the chances that lower-yield, so-called tactical nukes will be deployed and detonated in conflict zones.This dangerous path leads in one direction only: towards the normalisation of nuclear warfare.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer's military expansion could boost Scottish economy

Weapons firms in Edinburgh, Glenrothes, Livingston and Govan would be boosted but diplomacy may be the better route, says Mail Opinion.

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer’s defence expansion plan 'will bring tens of billions of investment into Scotland'

Military intelligence experts say thousands of jobs will be created as billions are ploughed into key Scots locations.

Economics

13 h. ago So much for smashing the gangs! Starmer claims the secret to solving the small

An investigation by The Mail on Sunday can today expose how criminals convicted of involvement in people trafficking have been allowed to walk free with a slap on the wrist by French courts.

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14 h. ago Labour at war over spending plans as Number 10 tries to stem threat from Farage

Keir Starmer is fighting to quell tensions over how to deal with the threat from Nigel Farage , as bitter Whitehall negotiations over the Government's Spending Review go down to the wire.

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16 h. ago Thomas Tuchel responds to England fans labelling Keir Starmer a '****' after supporters sang abusive chants about the Prime Minister during the Three Lions' lacklustre 1

Some foul-mouthed individuals made their feelings toward Starmer clear during an uneventful first half and their songs were audible live on ITV.

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20 h. ago Abbott calls Starmer’s immigration comments ‘fundamentally racist’ at rally

Thousands of trade unionists, campaigners and activists gathered to ‘send a message’ to the Government at a demonstration in central London.

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22 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves is undermined by a ‘spend now, pay later’ prime minister

John Rentoul says Keir Starmer is guilty of Trussonomics, albeit on a smaller scale, making promises without knowing how to pay for them – hoping that the chancellor can sort it out later

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27 h. ago Russia is already at war with Britain and we can no longer rely on Trump, defence adviser warns

‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic defence review has warned

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27 h. ago NHS set for boost of up to £30bn as other budgets feel squeeze

The Department of Health is set to be handed a 2.8% annual increase in its day-to-day budget over a three-year period.

Economics

33 h. ago Zayn Malik and Keir Starmer embrace viral 'dadcore' fashion trend loved on TikTok

The 'dadcore' trend first made an appearance in 2016, but it's really taken off in recent years. With masculine tailoring making a comeback, here's a beginner's guide on how to nail the aesthetic

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39 h. ago UK could face up to £30bn of tax rises to fund defence spending boost, economist says

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to boost defence spending to 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027, as Nato allies push for ‘dramatic increase’

Economics

44 h. ago The Guardian view on Scottish politics: Labour wins the seat but not – yet – the argument | Editorial

A Tory collapse, the SNP’s slump and Reform’s rise signal a volatile shift – and the return to deal-making after the next Holyrood electionLabour’s victory in the Holyrood byelection offers the UK government a rare political comfort but not, perhaps, the strategic breakthrough it might like to imagine. A late flurry of welfare signalling, a dogged ground campaign and a carefully staged visit to a Govan shipyard by Sir Keir Starmer helped shore up Labour’s appeal to its traditional voters in Scotland’s industrial belt. Yet as Prof John Curtice has noted, Labour’s share of the vote actually declined compared with the last time voters cast ballots here in 2021 – a year in which the party was placed a distant third and was polling at the same dismal level of public support, 20%, it has today.The prime minister will gladly pocket Davy Russell’s win in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse. But it is a foothold. There is still a steep climb to the summit. More te...

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45 h. ago ‘Lots of bumps in the road’: Keir Starmer faces testing month before one

From spending review to China audit to assisted dying vote, June’s events have potential to lift or darken Labour moodAs Keir Starmer approaches his first anniversary in Downing Street, there will be several things he wishes he had done differently. But before he can contemplate that July milestone, he faces a busy month strewn with political bear traps.June has proven a difficult time for successive prime ministers: Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all had to contend with deeply unhappy parliamentary parties reeling from heavy local and European election losses. Continue reading...

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